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Use the quotation to answer the question.

"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America."
-excerpt from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following most clearly reveals the Founders ideas about the source of
government power?

O "We the People"

O "a more perfect Union"

O "this Constitution"

O "our Posterity"


User Xhantar
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A we the people is the correct answer
User Jonathan Sanchez
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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The founders wanted the people to be the source of government power. Hence elections.

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